Platform of the Democratic National Committee

THE 2016 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMEvery four years, the Democratic Party puts together our party platform, the ideas and beliefs that govern our party as a whole.What follows is our 2016 platform — our most progressive platform in our party’s history and a declaration of how we plan to move America forward. Democrats believe that cooperation is better than conflict, unity is better than division, empowerment is better than resentment, and bridges are better than walls.It’s a simple but powerful idea: We are stronger together.